Amos Hostetter, Jr.

Continental Cablevision

1963 - 1996

Entertainment & Broadcast Media

b. 1937

Education

Undergraduate

Amherst College

Graduate

MBA, Harvard University

Personal

Born-Died

1937

Birthplace

New Jersey (NJ)

Race

White

Father

Executive, High-Level

With a few thousand dollars, Hostetter and a partner embarked on the development of a small cable company in the early sixties. Beginning with two small towns in Ohio, Continental Cablevision grew by providing better reception to rural communities. Over a three decade period, Hostetter built a cable subscriber base of over 4 million (third largest in the US) and pioneered the launch of regional cable news channels in New England and Chicago. Hostetter sold his business to US West for over $11 billion in 1996.